Even if you dont rate wlad as a top 10 hw

Seemingly everybody (like Wilder or Briggs) looks good and dangerous against bums or unathletic mediocre fighters.
Who was wladimir's best ko victim?
Byrd ? Chagaev ? Leapai? Thompson ? Mormeck? Pulev ? Pianeta?
Others ?
(Only) Ali could knock Foreman out.This ko is better than
wladimir's full ko list.
And who says Ali was a hard puncher ?

 

Absolutely.

He knocks out fighters who've never been knocked out, floors guys who haven't been floored, and carries legit one-punch KO power in either hand. He's done it against fighters of different sizes, stances, and styles, and he does it boxing conservatively.

Wlad hits hard enough to alter opponents' gameplans immediately and routinely sends them into survival mode early; those who last the distance can't win a round off of him.

There aren't 5 better, more proven punchers.

 

All true

 

Waldo has weaknesses. Power is most certainly not one of them.

 

In the history of the sport?

No

 

Um yes, atm

Not in the history of the sport.

Wlads great, but let's not make him out to be like some force that would give all other hw's in the history trouble.

 

Vicious power in either hand.

That lead left hook is like an atomic bomb. Wow.

 

Ali's KO came from Foreman's exhaustion, not Ali's power.

 

Lethal the left hook from different angle plus his size makes him impossible to beat.

 

Wlad is a top 5 heavyweight champion of all time. He is second only to Holmes and Joe Louis in consecutive heavyweight defenses. His detractors are mainly straight-up racists who can't deal with a white man dominating the heavyweight division for a decade and Wlad has many more victories in his future.

 

He is the hardest puncher in the Division, hands down. Look at Pulevs right cheek, all from the KO punch. He broke his cheekbone with it, and Pulev is a big boy.

 

I'd say he's the best puncher in the division today. Top 5 punchers all time? Maybe, maybe not. There's more to punching than power.

Joe Louis was an amazing puncher, tho probably not the hardest.

Ali was an amazing puncher because of his handspeed. But he never worked the body.

Tyson was an amazing puncher because of accuracy and combinations mixed with great speed and power. Probably best puncher ever at heavy.

Foreman was amazing because of his crushing power in both hands. But his punches could be amateurish and slow.

Lewis probably hit slightly softer than Wlad but had a better variety of punches and overall seemed to choose them better.

Frazier combined thudding power with a tremendous work rate. Not the biggest selection tho.

So while maybe not top 5, Wlad is a top ten heavyweight puncher. And a top ten champion in general, like it or not.